Robert O’Rourke said yesterday that he plans to announce his candidacy today, but leftists were quick to show mockery and disgust at his obvious ‘white privilege.’

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Yesterday Robert “Beto” O’Rourke, who despite his pandering name change is extremely white, told reporters that he planned to announce his candidacy in the democrat primary today, and wanted to be president.

In a nauseatingly glowing Vanity Fair spread, O’Rourke said, “You can probably tell that I want to run… I do. I think I’d be good at it.”

“I want to be in it,” O’Rourke said. “Man, I’m just born to be in it, and want to do everything I humanly can for this country at this moment.”

O’Rourke confirmed to KTSM he is planning his presidential campaign.

“I’m really proud of what El Paso did and what El Paso represents,” O’Rourke reportedly texted the station. “It’s a big part of why I’m running. This city is the best example of this country at its best.”

The Vanity Fair profile also framed O’Rourke as someone who “can appear almost too innocent” and “decent” to be a politician:

But unlike Trump, O’Rourke can appear almost too innocent to be a politician—too decent, too wholesome, the very reason he became popular also the same reason he could be crucified on the national stage. I tell O’Rourke that perhaps he’s simply too normal to be president. “Whether you meant it or not, I take that as a compliment,” he says.

Of course, that sort of macho entitlement was quickly spotted by the social media trolls on the look out for any sort of pride or normalcy. But, these naysayers ignored the many campaign violations O’Rourke was investigated for.

Leftists immediately pointed to his “white privilege” and mocked his “weird as hell” “Messiah-esque” tone they say “will not serve him well” in a 2020 run.

"I'm just born to be in it" is peak, white male privilege. (And I say this as someone who generally likes Beto.)

“I want to be in it. Man, I’m just born to be in it." Robert ORourke announcing a bid for 2020 with a peak out of touch white male privilege quote on the @VanityFair cover.Yes, you were born with white privilege, that doesn’t mean you would be a good President to we without it. pic.twitter.com/u9GO154xdp

No shade, but "I'm just born to be in it." is an unideal phrase in this cultural moment, esp. as we talk about children of privilege being given things they don't deserve. Not that that's Beto, just that being born into something in the US isn't compelling proof of worthiness. https://t.co/Pv7zHyYeeq

The New York Timesnotedthis week that “Democratic strategists argue that the relatively positive reception” to O’Rourke after his 2018 defeat is “evidence, yet again, of the deep double standard female candidates face.”

O’Rourke’s critics have also reportedly been pointing out, highlighting the disproportionate amount of buzz he has received compared to someone like failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, that “he is being given a benefit of the doubt that wouldn’t be extended to a woman or a candidate of color.”

A former Hillary Clinton aide told the Times: “If a woman was presented with a similar choice: Do that less ambitious but better for the party thing, versus more ambitious but longer shot thing, I don’t see people being super understanding when she takes the latter.”

Leftist overreacting to this announcement and deriding off hand statements are nothing new, but the real surprise is their apparent deafness concerning the massive college scandal. But, ignoring real crimes is apparently what these social justice warriors do best.